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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-09-01
Aroma of an Asafetida Dasa-t

Eight or ten miles of fair wheeling across
the plain, through the isolated village of
Mohammedabad, and the trail loses itself
among the rank, dead stalks of the asafetida
plant that here characterizes the vegeta-
ton of the broad, level sweep of plain. The
day is cloudy, and with no trail visible,
my compass has to be brought into requisi-
ton; though ofttimes finding it useful, it is
the first time have found this article to be
really indispensable so far on the tour.
The atmosphere of an asafetida desert is
among those things that can better be
imagined than described; the aroma of the
fetid gum is waited to and fro and assails the
nostrils in a manner quite the reverse of
HAraby, the blest." The plant is a sturdy
specimen among the ANIMALS; its straight,
upright stem is but three or four feet high,
but often measuring four inches in diameter,
and it not infrequently defies the blasts of the
Khorassan winter and the upheaving thaws
Of spring, and preserves its upright position
for year after its death. The thick, dead
stems and branching tops of last years plants
are seen by the thousands, sturdily holding
their ground among the rank, young shoots
Of the new growth.-Thomas Stevens in
0utiDp
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-09-01
white Races in Africa,s Interior.


The statement contained in Rider Hag-
CARDS new novel, "Allan Quatermain," con-
corning the existence of white races in the
interior of Africa, has received a most re-
markable confirmation from the man who
above all others is qualified to speak on the
subject zebehr Pasha, the grand old slave
king of Central Africa, whom the German
traveller, DR.. Schweinfurth, describes in 1871
as living in a palace ''where visitors were
conducted through halls of state by richly
dressed and attentive slaves, and where
chained lions guarded the doors and soldiers
in mail armor waited on his will, is now a
captive in the British fortress of Gibraltar,
whittier he was deported from Egg :pt some
two years ago in consequence of his suspected
completely in the Soudan rebellion.
Talking the other day to a correspondent
about the slave countries on the White Nile
which are entirely savage, he remarked: "At
Sahara and Benghieh, in the very heart Of
the slave country, there are tribes as white as
Europeans, with long and silky hair. The
boards of the old men sometimes reach down
TO their feet" Zebehr, in describing others
OF the black tribes asserts that cannibalism
still prevails and that many of them eat none
but human flesh. ''Men and women are sold
in the markets by the pound exactly as one
sells mutton and beef. The old and fat are
preferred. Sometimes they are sold dead and
cut up.n-New York World.
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"CHUGGlNG" FOR CLANS.
Scene at the Horseshoe of Sandy HooI
"A Big Catch.

Scene at the Horseshoe of Sandy Hook
"A Big Catch.
From early spring until late fall the clam
fishermen may be seen in their boats "chug-
ging" for CLAIMS with their immense rakes
They come from Highlands, on the Shrews-
bury river, where the famous Highland lights
fash their greeting to the mariners In
March, when there is a good wind blowing
down the river, the fishermen shove their
floating shanties from their Highlands moor
ings, make fast TO sailboats, and are towed
down the river to the Horseshoe
The houses anchored and moored work be-
gins. A little creek which empties into the
Horseshoe affords an excellent harbor for the
small rowboats. At half tide the men get to
work. The poles of their rakes are thirty
feet long, and with them they pole the boats
out of the creek and into the waters Of the
Horseshoe. Then they begin "chugging." A
man chugging in deep water works with his
grip on the very end of the handle of the
long pole. The upward and downward
motions OF the boat on the waves and its
drift on the tide cause the forty teeth of the
rakes to bury themselves in the sandy bot
tom In shallower water the man has to
handle the pole from lower down, and the
work is more difficult because more awk-
ward.
@How can you tell, i" the reporter asked one
Of the fishermen when be had come ashore,
~when TO draw up the rakeg'
&By the sound as the teeth grit against the
CLANS. The teeth are pointed with the finest
steel, and the sound kind o. travels right up
the pole. That's the sort o. music we likes to
hear"
as that fair catchf" the reporter asked,
looking into the chuggers boat, which was
about quarter full.
Fair to middlin, A big catch is about
5000 CLAIMS, an reckon there's about 1,5OO
in there"
"Does the size of the CLAIMS make much diff
ference in the value of catchl"
"Them as is smallest fetches the most. The
teeth Of the rakes is about three-quarters of
an inch apart, and we takes what they'll hold
between 'em. A catch Of 8, 900 clans, sizes as
they comes, is worth about 81"
"How dc you dispose of themi
I'VE feed them to the yachtsmen and the
railroad hands, and on Sunday to the land
lubbers who sit on the pier and think they'a
goin' to catch fish. Then when we've col
lected a boat load-that's 6,OO0-we keeps
them in the creek, where they burrow down
to their bills if you leave them alone long
enough. We takes them up in our beats to
the Highlands to a wholesale dealer. He
ships them to New York, and from there
they're shipped west or sold to retailers in the
city. They're sold as Little Necks, for Little
Neckers has the name, though the Horseshoers
has the flavor. New York Sum
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Nsw Form Of I,uildinc Association,

Quite recently there has come into exist
ence in this country a society which proposes
to unite the life insurance feature with the
cooperative practice OF the building associa-
ton In brief, its objects are that members
can purchase homes by Epaking monthly or
quarterly payments for a term Of from five
to twenty sars. payments being graded ac-
cording to the age of the person when becom-
ing a member and the length of time the pay
,nents are to run Should member die be-
fore the full number Of installments are paid
the mortgage is Cancelled and the house be-
comes the property Of the heirs, free and clear
of all claims, in lieu of fixed amount of in
surance money. In the plan of this society
there are no assessments upon surviving mem
bers, the fund for the cancellation OF mort
cages at members death being created by the
regular amount of money each member is
paying for this insurance feature.
This society is thought by its originators to
be an improvement upon the building associa-
ton. Its plans are somewhat novel and
quite different in many respects from the
latter. But the objects to be gained are
similar in both, and a consideration OF one
makes comparison with the other necessary.
brooklyn Eagle.
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Tn. whole Table snickered.

We noticed dear little bride with shy eyes
that hardly dared lift themselves from the
tablecloth, and such a habit of blushing that
it even extended to the new husband some
times and made him feel uncomfortable. He
was a gentlemanly young fellow, with soft,
white hands, blonde mustache and that care
fully groomed appearance that well kept New
York men show. The couple had evidently
slipped down here to enjoy their honeymoon,
sure that none of their friends would find
them in such an out Of the way place. They
were never out of each others sight for
moment, and the struggle they had to keep
prying people at a distance was pathetic. A
sharp faced woman from New Egypt sat at
the same table with them. She had made up
her mind to get acquainted. The long suffer-
ing couple answered her questions in polite
monosyllables and turned away. Still she
persisted. The talk ran somewhat like this:
Live in York;" she asked.
"Yes," said he very quietly.
ain business there?" she persisted.
@Yes," in still lower tone.
SBeen there longp
"Yes.n
"What do you do for livingg"
II drive coal cart, very quietly and dis
tinctly.
This wRs too much for even her case hard
ened feelings and she turned with a sniff of
disgust Even her dull comprehension could
grasp the fact that the soft handed gentle
man did not get his living that way. The
whole table snickered, and for the remainder
of their stay this bride and groom at least
were let alone.-Cor. New York World
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Cows and What They Give Us.

Our American dairy interests are
start ingly enormous. They represent
an investment of nearly five times as
much as the entire bank capital of the
country-that IS to say, the bank capital
is little less than S671 100000, while
the dairy interests amount to more than
So, ,OOO, 100000. Of course our readers
cannot swallow such frightful figures
in a lump, and we will therefore ar
range them in smaller but still heroic
doses. The number of milch cows is
estimated at 21 100000. They give each
an average of $50 gallons of milk annu
ally. This would make an aggregate
milk production of 1856, 100000 gallons
a mininture ocean, fair-sized Niagara
Four thousand million gallons are used
for butter, 7O0,000,000 for cheese, and
the remaining 2,4S0,00O,000 pats through
the adulteratiug hands of the milkma
and grocer, and down the throats of Co.
900, 900 men, women and babies in this
land of freedom. The quantity of but
ter manufactured and used is about l.
35O,0OO,O0O pounds, and of cheese $780,
600 pouods. The value of our dairy
products for the last twelve months was
nearly S5OO,OOO,OOO. This is $4,000, 900
more than the value of our annual wheat
yield, while it closely approximates that
of orr corn crop, which is the most val
uable of our farm products. To support
this immense dairy herd 100000 acres
of pasture land are required, worth So
500, 100000. 1t is easy enough to see,
therefore, that the 40O.000,000 farmers
in this country are an important ele-
ment of our national welfare and pros
DaritV V-NeW York Herald
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How to Save Garden Seeds.


Peas and beans should be left on the
vines until the pods are well wrinkled
when they should be picked and spread
until they are quite dry. Small quanti
ties may be sheiled by hand. large crops
are threshed with a fail. Keep them
in a dry place.
Melon, cucumber, squash and pumkiu
seeds should be taken only from ripe
perfect-shaped specimens. In a small
way the seeds may be simply taken out
spread on plates or tins, and dried
Larger quantities have to be washed
before drying. to remove the slime that
adhers to them. When the seeds are
thoroughly dried. tie them in bags, and
keep in dry place secure from mice
and rats.
Beets. parsnips, turnips, carrots. ONIONS
caulifower and cabbage will not pro.
duce seed until the second year. Set
out in early May, strong. well-matured
plants of last seasons crop. When the
seed is ripe, cut the stalks and put un-
der cover to dry; then beat out the seeds
and tie in paper bags.
Seeds of all kinds should be fully ripe
when gathered, but it is also important
to harvest them as soon as they are ripe
For keeping small quantities of seeds,
paper bags are preferable to cloth, as
they afford better protection against
moisture and insects. Always mark
each package with the name of the seed
contained in it, and the year in which
it grew. Cold does not injure the vi
tality of seeds. but moisture is detri-
mental to all inds.-American Agri-
cGlturist for Sept.
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A DEAD SUMNER.
What lacks the summer?

What lacks the summer?
Not roses blooming,
Nor tall while lilies with fragrance
rife,
Nor green things gay with the bliss of
growing,
Nor glad things drunk with the wine
of life,
Nor flushing of clouds in the blue skies
shining,
Nor soft wind murmurs to rise and fall
Nor birds for singing, nor vines for
twiDing-
Three little buds l miss, no more.
That blossomed last year at my gar
door
And that is all.
What lacks the summer?
Not waves a-quiver
With arrows of light from the land of
dawn,
Nor dropping of boughs by the dimpling
river,
Nor nodding of grass on the windy
lawn,
Nor tides unswept upon the silver
beaches.
No rustic of leaves on the tree tops
tall, les
Nor dapple of shade in woodland reach-
Life pulses gladly on vale and bill.
But three little hearts that l love are
still,
And that is all.
What lacks the summer?
o light and SAVIOR,
And messages of healing the world
above!
Gone is the old-time strength and flavor,
Gone is the. .pld-time peace and love!
Gone is the bloom of the shimmeriDg
meadows,
Music of birds as they sweep and fall
All the great world is dim with shadows.
Because no longer mine eyes can see
The ewes that made summer and life
for me-
And that is all.
Mary E. Blake.
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OUT ON THE PLAINS.

Rooml Room to turn round In, to breathe and be
free.
And grow TO be giant-to sail a. at sea
With the speed Of the wind On steed with his
name
TO the wind-without pathway or route or a rein,
Rooml Roomt TO be free where the white bordered
sea
Blows kiss to brother as boundless as he;
AID TO east and 10 west TO the north and the sun,
Blue skies and brown grasses are welded as one,
And the buffalo comes like q cloud on the plain
Pouring on like the tide Of storm driven main;
And the lodge Of the hunter to friend or to foe
Offers rest, and unquestioned you come or you go!
Ny plains of America! Seas of wild land,
From a land in the seas with raiment Of foam,
That has reached TO the stranger the welcome
Of home,
1 turn to you, lean to you, lift to you my hand!
Joaquin Miller.
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NOTICE.

The undersigned surviving partners
of tho firm of Patterson & Sons will
continue business at the old stand and
under the same firm name. We are
authorized to make collections and set
tie the business of the late firm. and all
persons indebted are requested to make
immediate payment. We thank the
community for the liberal patronage
heretofore extended and respectfully
solicit a continuance of the same.
st. Clairsville, Aug. 18th, 1887.
JOHN J. PATTERSON.
S1S st. JAMES A. PATTERSON.
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A Word About Catarrh.

TT is the mucous membrane, that wonderful semi
fluid evelope surrounding the delicate tissues of the
air and food passages that Caarrh makes its strong
hold; established it eats into the very vitals
and renders life but long-drawn breath of misery
and disease, dulling the of hearing, trammel-
ling the power of speech destroying the faculty of
smell, tainting the breath and killing the refined
pleasures of tastes insidiously by creapiDg from
simple cold in the head, it assails the membranous
lining and envelopes the bones eating through the
delicate coats and causing inflammation, sloughing
and death; nothing short Of total eradication will
health to the patient end all alternative
simply procrastinated sufferings leading to fatal
termination. Sanford's Radical cure by inhalation
and by internal administration, has never failed;
even when the disease has made frightfu inroads
delicate constitutions hearing, smell and taste have
been recovered and disease thorougly driven out"
SANFoRD's RADICAL CURE meets every phase of
Cstarrh from simple head cold to the most lOath-
and destructive stages 1t is local and consti
tutional Instant in relieving, permanent in curing,
safe, economical and never-failing.
POTTER DRUG & CHEMICAL Co.. Boston. Mass.
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Preventing Sunstroke.

The best thing to prevent sunstroke is a
thoroughly ventilated hat, the ideal hat for
summer being that which simply shades the
bead. If such one cannot be procured, the
hghtest and best ventilated one obtainable
should be worn, and it should be frequently
lifted and held above the head, so as to shade
it and let the air circulate around it. The
frequent wetting of the head with cold water
is, of course, good. Do not wear anything
that prevents the free radiation of the natural
heat from the head, and the free circulation
of air around it. If a person is prostrated by
sunstroke, put pounded ice or cold water on
the head, and give plenty of fresh air, cool if
possible.-American Agriculturist.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-09-01
Baby Humors
And All Skin and Scalp Diseases Speedily
Cured by Cuticura.>

OUR little son will be four years of age the 25th
" inst. In May, 1885, he was attacked with a very
painful breaking out of the skin; we called in a
physician who treated him for about four weeks
ment, as the breaking out supposed by the physi-
clan to be hives in aggravated FORM became lar
ger in blotches. and more and more distressing; we
were frequently obliged to get up in the night and
rub him with soda water, strong Hniments, etc.;
finally, we called other physicians, until no less
and the child steadily getting worse and worse until
about the 10th of last July, when began to give
him Cuticura Resovent internally, and the Cuticure
August he was so nearly well that gave him only
one dose of the Resolyent about every second day
for about ten days longer, and he has never been
troubled since with the horrible maady: In all we
used less than one-half of bottle of Cuticura Re-
solvent little less than one box of Cuticura, and
only one cake of Cuticura Soap.
r. T. RYAN, Cayuga Livington Co.. Ill.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day
of January 1887. C.. N. COE, j. p.
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An East India Joke.

1t is not generally known that the downfall
of Dhuleep Singh, in social sense, was due
to monstrous trick he played some fourteen
years ago. 1t was in a country house where the
Prince and Princess of Wales were staying,
and certain noble lord was in the act of Of
fering candlestick to the princess as she was
retiring up the stairs. The maharajah, at
this moment, stuck his foot in the way of the
noble lord, tripped him up and sent him and
the candle flying. Such gross piece of mis-
behavior was probably never before known,
and the justly incensed nobleman "went for''
Duhleep Singh like bulldog as soon as he
got him into the billiard room. 1t was with
difficulty that Dhulsep Singh was rescued
from his aSsailant.-St. Stephens Review.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-09-01

A RAILWAY conductor combats the
cruel hallucination that the coming gen.
Grafton of his countrymen will be puny,
sickly and played out. His experience
of many years convinces him that the
contrary is the case. and that the aver
age child of under twelve" who travels
with half fare ticket is as large as a
boy or girl of sixteen used to be in ante
railroad times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-09-01

All trains daily except Sunday.
Pullmans Palace Buffet o. Hotel Sleep-
Ing Cars through without change from Steu-
benville east to Philadelphia and New York;
west to Columbus, Cincinnati, Louisville, Ohi~
cogo, indianapolis and ST. Louis.
For through tickets, baggage checks, sleep
Ing car accommodations and any further iRs
formation, apply to JOHN @. TOMLINSON,
Ticket Agent at Pan-Handle station, foot OF
Eleventh street, or a. city ticket office, under
Mcclure House, Wheeling.
JAMES MCCREA,
Manager, Pittsburgh.
E. A. FORD,
Genr Pas. and Tkt Ag't. Pittsburgh, Pa.
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BUCHANAN BUSINESS INSTITUTE
YOPEDALE OHIO,

The leading Business School in east
ern Ohio. Open all year and students
enter anytime with equal advantage.
Five Professors in business, all gradu-
ates. Individual instruction. EXPENSE
low and good things to eat. Anniver>
sary exercises the 1st and Cd of Septem-
ber Write for late catalogue to
WILLIAM BUCHANAN, Principal and
Proprietor. 1S I'm. !
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ReneWs Her Youth.

Mrs. Phoebe Chesley, Peterson, Clay Co.,
Iowa, tells the following remarkable story,
:he truth of which is vouched for by the res
idents of the town; 4 am 70 years old; have
been troubled with kidney complaint and
lameness for many years; could not dress my
self without help; now 1 am free from al
pain and soreness, and am able to do all my
own housework; owe my thanks to Electric
Bitters for having renewed my youth, snd
removed completely all diseases and pain.
Try q bottle, only SOC, at Pattersons'. 4
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sucklen,s ArnIce;SaIve.

The best Salve in the world for cuts. bruises
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter
chspped hands, chilblsins, corns and all Skin
eruptions, and positively cures piles OF no pay
required; it is guaranteed to give perfect sat
isfaction or money refunded; price 25c. PEI
box. For sale by PATTERSON & Sons, st
Clsirsville, Ohio 2 1911
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The Train Medicine Chest.

The medicine chest is as much a necessity
on trains rs on ships. So think the managers
Of the Maine Central railroad, who have now
provided each one of their conductors with
emergency" cases, if We may SO call them,
containing, besides medicines, linen and rub.
Der bandages, surgical instruments and what
ever else may be needed 10y the conductor or
the chance doctor In cases Of accident.-The
Epoch,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-09-01

THE Sheriff of Harrison comfy, Ohio,
will offer for sale at the front door of
the court house. in said county, on the
9th day of September, 1887. between the
hours of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m, one of the
we'll known John Dunlap. jr. farms, CON-
tanning 173 acres. This farm lies on the
road leading from New Athens to Cad
IL, and is one of the best stock farms in
the county. For terms. correspond with
The First National Bank of st. Clairs-
Vile, Ohio. Sill st.
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All trains daily except Sunday.
Trains leave Cleveland forWheeling at II 10
p m IL 10 pm, arriving at l3 p m and7 So am.
ga FORD,
Gen. Pass. and Ticket Ag't, Pittsburgh. Pa.
JAMES MCCREA,
General Manager, Pittsburgh. Pa.
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CUTICURA REMEDIES

Are sold everywhere. Price: Cuticura, the Great
Skin Cure, 50c; Cuticura Soap, an Exquisite Beau
tifer, 25c.; Cuticura Resolvent, the New Blood
Purifier, 81.
POTTER DRUG & CHEMICAL Co., Boston.
DJMPLES, Blackheads, Skin Blemishes and Baby
l L Ill Humors, use Cutieura Soap.
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Wanted in 1.-THE Panhandle. /"

The northwest corner of Texas is called
fThe Panhandle" and there is town there
with the same name, and in the town q news
paper in which appears this notice: Wanted,
immediately, 100 single young women who
are prepared to rough it for a time, to come
10 the Panhandle and marry our thrifty
young men who have located on GAO acres Of
land and are now living in dugouts, tents and
ral.ns. We can speak good word for every
one of the boys; they are all noble American
citizens except one, and he is little unfortu-
nate in being the son Of an English lord
Girls, this is good chance. Besides this,
married life will beat blessed singleness every
time. In q few months time the dugouts
will be turned into cellars. and comfortable
houses erected when the railroads bring in
lumber New York Sun.
Mourning bands on the hats of men who
have not lost relatives or friends are now de-
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SKIN DISEASE CURED.

Mr.. Frank McClusky says that your Cuticura Rem;
edies cured his boy OF skin disease after several
doctors had failed to help the boy he spent
hundred dollars with doctors; Cuticura Remedies
cured him. J. E. TIFFANY,
Pleasant Mount Pa